The San Andreas fault in California is an example of what kind of boundary?

Question

a.convergent

b.divergent

c.plate boundary zone

d.transform.

Answer 1

The answer is d.  The San Andreas Fault is a transform boundary.

The third type of plate boundary is called a conservative or transform boundary. It is called conservative because plate material is neither created nor destroyed at these boundaries, but rather plates slide past each other. The classic example of a transform plate boundary is the San Andreas fault in California. The North American and Pacific Plates are moving past each other at this boundary, which is the location of many earthquakes. These earthquakes are caused by the accumulation and release of strain as the two plates slide past each other. Another example of a transform boundary is seen at the mid-ocean ridges, where the spreading centers are offset by transform faults anywhere from a few meters to several kilometers in length.

Answer 2

c.